''Nachtjagdgeschwader'' 6 (NJG 6) was a Luftwaffe

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. NJG 6 was formed in May 1943.

Commanding officers

*Major Fritz Schaffer, 10 August 1943 – 8 February 1944 *Major

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, 9 February 1944 – 15 March 1944 *Major Heinz von Reeken, 16 March 1944 – 14 April 1944 *Major Heinrich Griese, 15 April 1944 – 12 September 1944 *Oberstleutnant

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, 13 September 1944 – 8 May 1945

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